Frameboxx Animation Visual Effects announces the 1st Annual Frameflixx Awards 2009. This prestigious Frameflixx Awards is a celebration of creativity, animation, visual effects and short films made by the next generation of creative minds and talent in India. With a view to encourage upcoming talent, and motivate the students to get inspired to excel in the field of Animation; the Frameflixx Awards will honour the Artists & Studios that have produced exceptional works. The Frameflixx awards are aimed at creating a convergence platform for the Indian animation and visual effects industry to come together under one roof & encourage students. These awards are announced with the core objective to invigorate and unite the brightest creative minds in the country on a unique platform that recognizes and rewards skill and the spirit of achievement.
The Awards are will have 4 Open categories, viz: Frameflixx visual effects grand challenger award 2009 awarded for the best visual effects shot based on a theme; Frameflixx animation grand challenger award 2009 awarded to the best animation clip based on a theme; Frameflixx live action grand challenger award 2009 awarded to the best live action video based on a theme & Frameflixx motion-graphics grand challenger award 2009 awarded to the best motion graphic based on a theme. Apart from the Open categories; there will be Recognition awards - The Frameflixx Platinum Achievers' Award for Excellence in Visual Effects, Electronic Advertising, Animation Film Production & Short Film Production.. There will also be an Award for a Veteran in the Animation Industry for their invaluable Support to the Animation Industry.
The Curtain Raisers will take place during the weeks prior to Frameflixx Awards from the 20th of March to the 30th March, across all Frameboxx locations within the country. Students of Animation, Visual Effects or Film Making are invited to compete in selecting the best films for the various categories and get a chance to get rewarded on a platform that aims to bring passionate Animation lovers closer than to the exciting Media & Entertainment Industry.
The aim of this Curtain raiser is not only to promote these films, but also to give an opportunity for students to View as well as Vote for these films. Animation & Live Action Films of Students entered for Frameflixx awards will be screened in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad & Surat. Students and Professionals across the Animation and Visual Effects industry are welcome to attend the show. They can attend the Curtain Raisers free of cost; all they have to do is to collect their free invite from any Frameboxx center after 20th March รข€™09.
The Curtain Raiser Event would be at Kala Mandir, 48 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata on 28th March at 3:00 pm onwards.
So, fuel up your creative engines, jump to the categories section and begin crafting your next best work today! For further details visit www.frameflixx.com or walk into a Frameboxx center nearest to you.
The Frameflixx Awards ceremony will take place on 3rd April '09 at Mumbai.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
New School by Lions Club
The Secondary section of the school building of Lions Calcutta (Greater) Vidya Mandir at Chowhati was inaugurated by Sri Partha De, Minister for Education at a colourful ceremony this afternoon, 1st March & attended by eminent dignitaries from the locality as well as from the city.
The ICSE affiliated, English medium, co-educational school is a project ofLions Club of Calcutta Greater.
It was conceived in 2001 with the primary objective of providing quality education at affordable price to the people of Chowhati. In the initial phase members acquired 62 kathas of land and got a grant of USD 75,000 from LCIF and the Club members collected as well as donated USD 1,60,000 (Rs. 80 lakhs) to commence construction of the school building.
Lion S.L.Daga, Chairman of the school committee, informed all present that the school has reached another milestone by being affiliated to the Delhi board ( ICSE) and is opening its secondary section as symbol of service to the people of Chowhati,with whom the club members have been associated for last 40 years.
Lion V.D.Jhunjhunwala, President, School Managing Committee shared that last eight years have been a saga of continuous growth for the school.
The school has become a center of hope for the guardians who otherwise had no other decent school providing quality education for the holistic development of children in the area. With humble fee structure, school strives to provide academic, cultural, and sporting activities for children grooming them to face challenges of future at par with their counterparts getting numerous facilities in the city schools.
Currently more than 550 students studying in class nursery to class VII are benefiting from the school.
The children are encouraged to use computers from class 1 and the latest audio visual techniques are used to impart education. Special emphasis is laid on extra curricular activities.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The club earned LIONS SIGNATURE PROJECT award at the All India Lions Conference held in Mumbai in 2003.
It was recognized as best educational project of Lions Clubs International Distt. 322B1 and multiple District.
Abhishek Majumdar student of class VIII was awarded the first prize in the PEACE POSTER competition organized by Lions International.
The ICSE affiliated, English medium, co-educational school is a project ofLions Club of Calcutta Greater.
It was conceived in 2001 with the primary objective of providing quality education at affordable price to the people of Chowhati. In the initial phase members acquired 62 kathas of land and got a grant of USD 75,000 from LCIF and the Club members collected as well as donated USD 1,60,000 (Rs. 80 lakhs) to commence construction of the school building.
Lion S.L.Daga, Chairman of the school committee, informed all present that the school has reached another milestone by being affiliated to the Delhi board ( ICSE) and is opening its secondary section as symbol of service to the people of Chowhati,with whom the club members have been associated for last 40 years.
Lion V.D.Jhunjhunwala, President, School Managing Committee shared that last eight years have been a saga of continuous growth for the school.
The school has become a center of hope for the guardians who otherwise had no other decent school providing quality education for the holistic development of children in the area. With humble fee structure, school strives to provide academic, cultural, and sporting activities for children grooming them to face challenges of future at par with their counterparts getting numerous facilities in the city schools.
Currently more than 550 students studying in class nursery to class VII are benefiting from the school.
The children are encouraged to use computers from class 1 and the latest audio visual techniques are used to impart education. Special emphasis is laid on extra curricular activities.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The club earned LIONS SIGNATURE PROJECT award at the All India Lions Conference held in Mumbai in 2003.
It was recognized as best educational project of Lions Clubs International Distt. 322B1 and multiple District.
Abhishek Majumdar student of class VIII was awarded the first prize in the PEACE POSTER competition organized by Lions International.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Raining Awards for Planman Motion Pictures
Planman Motion Pictures. Planman Motion Pictures was founded by Arindam Chaudhuri, noted economist and management guru, turned into a movie producer.
Planman Motion Pictures has come up with movies likeRok sako to Rok Lo, Mithya, The Last Lear, Dosor amongst many and is about to come up with movies like I am 24, Sunglass and even Do Duni Char.
Planman Motion Pictures has recenltystarted the shootingof Do Duni Chaar staring Rishi Kapoor & NeetuKapoor. After so many years both of them has come together in this movie that is produced by Planman Motion Pictures.
Sunglass (Directed by Rituparno Ghosh) &I am 24 are about to release this year only.
Moreover,Amitabh bachchan has just won best actor award for his magnificient performance in The Last Lear atStardust Awards.
For his towering and intense performance of an ageing theatre actor in Planman Motion Pictures The Last Lear, Amitabh Bachchan was presented the best actor award at the Stardust Awards in a glittering ceremony in Mumbai yesterday night. Amitabh was especially delighted to receive this award as it coincided with his 40th year in the film industry - 15th Feb, 1969 being the date when he signed his first film contract!
On the award, Arindam Chaudhuri, the producer of The Last Lear said, When you make films that challenge the boundaries of film making, awards become a very important part of recognition. I am obviously very happy and excited. During the entire shoot, for me it was like a young fan watching his favourite star perform! And I feel proud to be associated with one of his career best performances. With the screen award for best Indian film in English, the Stardust award for best actor, perhaps its now over to the National awards next!
Internationally "The Last Lear" film has been most sought after. Recently in Paris, at the Salon du Cinema, a retrospective of Amitabh Bachchan was showcased with The Last Lear as the opening film. The premierwas extremely well attended with all the dignitaries of French cinema giving the film a standing ovation and had all the praise for the movie and all were thrilled after seeing such a power packed performance.
Planman Motion Pictures has come up with movies likeRok sako to Rok Lo, Mithya, The Last Lear, Dosor amongst many and is about to come up with movies like I am 24, Sunglass and even Do Duni Char.
Planman Motion Pictures has recenltystarted the shootingof Do Duni Chaar staring Rishi Kapoor & NeetuKapoor. After so many years both of them has come together in this movie that is produced by Planman Motion Pictures.
Sunglass (Directed by Rituparno Ghosh) &I am 24 are about to release this year only.
Moreover,Amitabh bachchan has just won best actor award for his magnificient performance in The Last Lear atStardust Awards.
For his towering and intense performance of an ageing theatre actor in Planman Motion Pictures The Last Lear, Amitabh Bachchan was presented the best actor award at the Stardust Awards in a glittering ceremony in Mumbai yesterday night. Amitabh was especially delighted to receive this award as it coincided with his 40th year in the film industry - 15th Feb, 1969 being the date when he signed his first film contract!
On the award, Arindam Chaudhuri, the producer of The Last Lear said, When you make films that challenge the boundaries of film making, awards become a very important part of recognition. I am obviously very happy and excited. During the entire shoot, for me it was like a young fan watching his favourite star perform! And I feel proud to be associated with one of his career best performances. With the screen award for best Indian film in English, the Stardust award for best actor, perhaps its now over to the National awards next!
Internationally "The Last Lear" film has been most sought after. Recently in Paris, at the Salon du Cinema, a retrospective of Amitabh Bachchan was showcased with The Last Lear as the opening film. The premierwas extremely well attended with all the dignitaries of French cinema giving the film a standing ovation and had all the praise for the movie and all were thrilled after seeing such a power packed performance.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
SAMPREETI'09 begins today
Participating Clubs of SAMPREETI'09 (to be held at Uttam Mancha from 18th to 21st February'09)- Calcutta Club, Calcutta Rowing Club, DKS, Dalhousie Institute, International Club, ILSS, Lake Club and Outram Club.
On 18th Feb, meet the passionate members from the Clubs in a one-on-one where they candidly discuss their present activities & future plans, their attempts to make drama more accessible & more acceptable to all walk of the society.
Mr. Santanu Ghosh, Chairman, SAMPREETI'09 will discuss about the objectives of this Annual Drama Fiesta, namely, promotion of Bengali culture and drama, development of interclub fellow feeling and fraternity & discovering new talents in this arena of performing arts.
Accompanying him will be several popular faces of the entertainment world like Arijit Gupta, Kushal Chakraborty, Ramaditya Ray & others.
On 18th Feb, meet the passionate members from the Clubs in a one-on-one where they candidly discuss their present activities & future plans, their attempts to make drama more accessible & more acceptable to all walk of the society.
Mr. Santanu Ghosh, Chairman, SAMPREETI'09 will discuss about the objectives of this Annual Drama Fiesta, namely, promotion of Bengali culture and drama, development of interclub fellow feeling and fraternity & discovering new talents in this arena of performing arts.
Accompanying him will be several popular faces of the entertainment world like Arijit Gupta, Kushal Chakraborty, Ramaditya Ray & others.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
BIKRAM AND YAHAMA JUGALBANDI
International Audio & Music has opened a YAMAHA MUSIC SQUARE showroom in our very own paradise of Arts & Music at 13, Camac Street, Kolkata-17. This is the sixth YAMAHA MUSIC SQUARE in India and the 1st ever in Eastern India. The state-of-the-art showroom will showcase complete range of Yamaha Musical instruments products. The showroom will house a vast range of musical instruments by Yamaha as well as a wide selection of music books, software and accessories. Besides the collection of acoustic and digital musical instruments and books, it will also provide the much required information on Trinity Guildhall examination syllabus and publications.The masters from Yamaha mentioned their present activities & future plans, their attempts to make music more accessible & more acceptable to all walk of the society.
LOCKET POSE WITH PARAMPARA COLLECTION
Actor Locket Chatterjeee displaying a special design of 'ART KARAT Parampara Collection', in an exhibition of jewelry, styled as 'PARAMPARA' Timeless Jewels inspired by Traditions..".
The exhibition was held in Hyatt Regency Hotel where she was present to pose some photographs before the media.Art Karat, India's largest retailer for semi-precious jewelry brings to you its latest collection "Parampara". Designed by Asha Kamal Modi, who has created jewelry for more than ten Bollywood Blockbusters including Devdas, Monsoon Wedding & Kamasutra, this spectacular collection showcases styles that are symbolic in our culture and bond the family members with the new bride.
The Parampara Collection features jewels that revive our traditional values and celebrates beginning of new relationships
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